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Lion's Gate in Wikipedia

The Lions' Gate (Hebrew: שער האריות‎, Arabic: باب الأسباط‎, also St. Stephen's Gate or Sheep Gate) is located in the Old City Walls of Jerusalem and is one of seven open Gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls. Located in the east wall, the entrance marks the beginning of the traditional Christian observance of the last walk of Jesus from prison t...

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Tombs of the Prophets in Wikipedia

The Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi (Arabic: Qubur el Anbia) is located on the upper slope of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Israel. According to Jewish and Christian tradition, the catacomb is believed to be the burial place of Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, the last three Hebrew Bible prophets who are believed to have ...

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Tomb of Simon the Just in Wikipedia

The Tomb of Simeon the Just (Hebrew: קבר שמעון הצדיק‎; translit. Kever Shimon haTzadik) is the name given to a tomb located on Abu Bakr-a-Sidiq road, in northern Jerusalem, just south of the British School of Archaeology, which is located at the east end of Simeon-the-Just street, in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. According to Jewish traditi...

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Warren's Shaft in Wikipedia

Warren's Shaft is an archaeological feature in Jerusalem discovered in 1867 by British engineer Sir Charles Warren (1840-1927). It runs from within the old city to a spot near the Gihon Spring, and after its 19th century discovery was thought to have been the centrepiece of the city's early water supply system, since it would have enabled the ...

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Church of the Visitation in Wikipedia

The Church of the Visitation honors the visit paid by Mary, Jesus' mother, to Elizabeth, John the Baptist's mother. (Luke 1:39-56 ) This is the site where tradition tells us that Mary recited her song of praise, the Magnificat. The church is beautifully adorned with tiled representations of that canticle in many of the worlds languages. Histo...

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Dung Gate in Wikipedia

The Dung Gate (also known as Sha'ar Ha'ashpot, Gate of Silwan, Mograbi Gate, Arabic: باب المغاربة‎) is one of the gates in the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. The gate is situated near the southeast corner of the old city, southwest of the Temple Mount. The gate is the closest to the Western Wall and is a main passage for vehicles. It was o...

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Gihon Spring in Wikipedia

The Gihon Spring was the main source of water for the City of David, the original site of Jerusalem. One of the world's major intermittent springs - and a reliable water source that made human settlement possible in ancient Jerusalem - the spring was not only used for drinking water, but also initially for irrigation of gardens in the adjacent...

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Dominus Flevit in Wikipedia

Dominus Flevit is a Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives immediately facing the Old City of Jerusalem. History Dominus Flevit, which translates from Latin as "The Lord Wept", was fashioned in the shape of a teardrop to symbolize the tears of Christ. Here, according to the 19th chapter of the Gospel of Luke, Jesus, while walking...

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Garden Tomb in Wikipedia

The Garden Tomb (also known as Gordon's Calvary),[1] located in Jerusalem, outside the city walls and close to the Damascus Gate, is a rock-cut tomb considered by some to be the site of the burial and resurrection of Jesus, and to be adjacent to Golgotha[2], in contradistinction to the traditional site for these-the Church of the Holy Sepulchr...

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Tower of David in Wikipedia

The Tower of David (Hebrew: מגדל דוד‎, Migdal David, Arabic: برج داود‎, Burj Daud) is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. Built to strengthen a strategically weak point in the Old City's defenses, the citadel was constructed during the second century BCE and subsequently destroyed and rebuilt b...

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